Do Signs Sell?

[BadBob]

Steve Good has a lot of sign patterns and I have seen patterns in many other places. I'm a bit reluctant to make them to sell since they don't appeal to me. However, most would be quite simple to make and I am tempted to try it.

 

 

[Bpardue]

I've cut several "words" over the years and they sale quite well. Because they are a really quick cut and fairly easy to apply a finish, I sell them on the lower end price scale.

Brian

[ike]

what do you consider a lower price scale?

IKE

[new2woodwrk]

7 hours ago, BadBob said:

Steve Good has a lot of sign patterns and I have seen patterns in many other places. I'm a bit reluctant to make them to sell since they don't appeal to me. However, most would be quite simple to make and I am tempted to try it.

 

 

Not sure if you are describing the word cuts from Steve or actual signs, but...

I get asked to do "sign" work weekly as well as other custom work which I have to turn down every week

Not so much word signs like "Kittens are for everyone" but actual signs - business signs, home signs, large letter signs (3'x5'x4") and so many more!

I don't do signs, nor do I have the time to do them and I have few people to pass them on to.

So, yes signs do sell. I could make a killing if I had the time to do them LOL

[Bpardue]

16 hours ago, ike said:

what do you consider a lower price scale?

IKE

I sell "words" for $15-20 per. I normally can cut & finish 3-4 per hour. Good money by the hour but i normally just sell my intarsia pieces which care a higher price because of the time those take.

[BadBob]

I'm asking about signs like the Puppy Welcome Sign Steve Good posted recently.

[BadBob]

I had not thought about business signs.

[kmmcrafts]

Signs are big sellers, BUT.. only if they're personalized.. I've never had great luck with just generic signs, but that could be just my marketing technic.. I will say that if you share a generic sign on Pinterest the CNC / Laser folks seem to be the only ones interested in saving it to their board and most are titled CNC / Laser ideas.. Pretty hard to compete with the CNC ? Laser signs because they have the ability to add graphic carvings to the signs etc.. But anyway, yeah signs sell..   

[Norm Fengstad]

I have best luck with "welcome " signs word type art often takes awhile before it sells.

[bighaas70]

On 5/19/2021 at 6:20 AM, BadBob said:

I'm asking about signs like the Puppy Welcome Sign Steve Good posted recently.

I have seen a lot of those types of signs, but for me I don't think it is worth it to have that amount of inventory set up to sell. There is SO much variation in what people are looking for. With those generic welcome signs, I don't see a lot of traction. It takes someone who has their eye on that style specifically. If you can add the custom element and put a name on it, you will sell far more. I know a friend who bought a Cricut machine, and he just prints the name on vinyl to stick on the wood signs. That sells.

[BadBob]

21 hours ago, bighaas70 said:

I know a friend who bought a Cricut machine, and he just prints the name on vinyl to stick on the wood signs. That sells.

That is an interesting idea. I could personalize more than signs without a laser. Thanks

Edited May 27, 2021 by BadBob
Correction.

[kmmcrafts]

48 minutes ago, BadBob said:

That is an interesting idea. I could personalize more than signs without a laser. Thanks

Personalized sells no matter if it’s signs, clocks, puzzles or ornaments. About 70% of my sales are personalized and I can tag on extra money for additional work. You just have to be willing to work with the customer, it gets hectic at times but also very rewarding to know you’ve made a product specifically for a person and they always love it. Smiles on faces and money in pockets. That’s what it’s about for me and of coarse the process of actually making the piece.

[lawson56]

I have made signs over the years, some sell some do not, I enjoy making them. I sold one last week, I had it for over a year. So I don't make them to often.

[BadBob]

19 hours ago, lawson56 said:

I have made signs over the years, some sell some do not, I enjoy making them. I sold one last week, I had it for over a year. So I don't make them to often.

I suspected as much. I have storage issues and don't like making things that I have to keep for a year to sell.

 

I would need to make at least one to photograph and post a listing.